Yarn tasting...

went to the yarn tasting for Cascade Yarns tonight -- I didn't have time to play with everything, but Cascade's Ultra Pima is a likely candidate if I ever do try to clone the shawl-collar sweater from Talbot's. Of course, the problem is that a) that sweater weighs 1.25 pounds, which is a LOT of yarn, and b) it's all-over cables at something like 8 st/in, which is frankly ridiculous for me to attempt, given how loosely I generally knit.

I did make the Pork Chili with Cumin Polenta from the new soup cookbook early in the week. It's very tasty, though I think I need more practice at making polenta -- mine is rather like slurry in texture, which I don't think it's supposed to be. Oh well, I can always try again.